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Sunday, October 14, 2012

HT: MPWe have been saying for years that farmers are specifically targeted in farm murders in South Africa. And always had crack-head liberals accuse us of racism, extremism and so forth. Some of these liberals just have an axe to grind because they were chased away like dogs from the blogs they contributed to. Either for doing the stuff they accuse us of, specifically vile language (sometimes aimed at other races) and being two-faced bastards with hidden agendas.Now the South African Institute of Race Relations had to back-track on initially reporting that the number of attacks per 100,000 farmers is no worse than attacks per 100,000 of the general population. But in true propaganda spirit, their back-track manoeuvre is published in Afrikaans media, so limiting the truth to those who understand Afrikaans. We have even reported on this before, that the majority of farm murders is only ever reported in Afrikaans media, thereby limiting international exposure. See “One farm attack per day”I will place both articles with translation of the 2nd revised report of the institute in English where important.
Initial report from IOL News:

‘Violent attacks not unique to farmers’

Johannesburg - Farmers are not uniquely vulnerable to armed attacks, the SA Institute of Race Relations said on Friday.
“The analysis of statistics did not indicate that farm attacks were not a problem,” the institute's CEO Frans Cronje said. “Rather it revealed just how vulnerable all South Africans are to violent crime.”The number of farm attacks per 100 000 farmers and their families was comparable to the number of criminal attacks per 100 000 people in the general population.
According to an analysis of farm attack data collected by farmers' union TAU, there were 108 confirmed attacks in 1994, and 85 in 2011.
The highest number of farm attacks occurred in 2002, with 229 across the country. The lowest number was 70 in 1996.
In 2011, the number of attacks per 100,000 farmers and farmworkers in the formal sector was 16.8. If it was assumed that farmworkers were not targeted, and that attacks were aimed at commercial farmers and their families only, the rate of attack was 45.8 per 100,000 (assuming three dependants each). The rates calculated were broadly comparable to rates per 100 000 people for other serious crimes among the general population.
In 2011, South Africa had a murder rate of 31.9 per 100 000 people. The house robbery rate was 33.4 per 100 000.
The total aggravated robbery rate was 203 per 100 000 people. – Sapa